# NTSB DCA97RA050: McDonnell Douglas MD-11, Nagoya, Japan, June 8, 1997

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 8, 1997
- Place: Nagoya, Japan
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 4 serious, 9 minor, 167 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- NTSB case key (mKey): 51096
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA97RA050
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/51096/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA97RA050

## Aircraft

- Registration: J8580 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: McDonnell Douglas MD-11
- Category: Airplane
- Airframe hours: 9383
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Japan Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, June 3, 1997, 37 hours before
- Departed: HKG, HONG KONG, OF
- Destination: NGO, NAGOYA, OF
- Flight plan: IFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Day

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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